| Abstract |
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| List of Figures |
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| List of Tables |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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| Historical Background of the North Courtyard |
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| Previous Archaeological Investigations |
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| Methodology and Results |
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| The Artifacts |
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| Conclusions |
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| Summary and Recommendations |
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| References Cited |
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Appendix A: Osteobiography of the Alamo North Wall Cranium
Robert F. Scott IV |
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Appendix B: Faunal Analysis for the Alamo North Wall Excavations
David M. Glassman and D. Gentry Steele |
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Figures
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| 1. Locations of north wall excavations at north courtyard on Alamo
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| 2. Map of the Alamo in 1836, attributed to Green Jameson |
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| 3. Plano del Fuerte del Alamo by Sanchéz-Navarro, 1836 |
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| 4. Map drawn for Santa Anna in March 1836 by Colonel Ygnacio de Labastida |
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| 5. Excavation units at the north wall in the north courtyard |
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| 6. Unit A, south wall profile |
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| 7. Unit B, south wall profile |
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| 8. Unit C, south wall profile and plan view |
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| 9. Unit D, east, south, west, and north wall profiles |
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| 10. Unit EII, south wall profile |
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| 11. Spanish colonial period ceramics |
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| 12. Spanish colonial period artifacts |
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| 13. Artifacts from the acequia |
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| 14. Military artifacts |
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| 15. Anglo-American period artifacts |
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| 16. The Alamo skull |
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Tables
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| A1. Phase I, Bone Recovery |
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| A2. Phase I, Faunal Identification and Occurrence |
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| A3. Phase I, Butcher-marked Skeletal Elements by Unit |
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| A4. Phase II, Bone Recovery |
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| A5. Phase II. Faunal Identification and Occurrence |
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| A6. Phase II: Butcher-marked Skeletal Elements by Unit |
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| B1. Metric Observations of the 41BX6 Cranium |
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